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    A TVC correspondent in Maiduguri, Jesse Tafida, has lost his wife, Mercy IIiya just 12 days after their wedding. The couple got married on Saturday, April 30th in Maiduguri, Borno State. Heartbroken friends and families took to social ...

The Lagos State Government has condemned the recent attack on the Vehicle Inspection Services Officials by a notorious gang along Airport road in Oshodi. The government warned that decisive actions would be taken against perpetrators of such heinous acts. The ...

  Court proceedings at the Mombasa law courts were briefly halted as Mombasa principal magistrate Vincent Adet ordered a mini Harambee to fundraise for a middle-aged woman who was charged alongside her husband with stealing a bale of wheat flour. ...

  A 16-year-old girl in Mulot, Bomet County, Kenya is being held in police custody after she stabbed a minor following a disagreement over a 2GB memory card. According to police, the minor stabbed her agemate on the left side ...

    Police in Ondo State have arrested a 39-year-old food seller, identified as Seun Sola, for stabbing her ex-boyfriend in the stomach during a scuffle over N500. The incident happened during a fight between the two lovers at the ...

  Reverend Father Joseph Akete of the St. John Catholic Church, Kudenda in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, who was kidnapped eight weeks ago, has died in captivity. The Chancellor, Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna, Rev. Fr. Christian Okewu ...

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP), Anambra Command, on Wednesday arrested one suspected trafficker in person. Mrs. Judith-Chukwu Ibadin, Commander of NAPTIP, stated this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria ...

  Two members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) have resigned to focus on their presidential ambitions. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and the Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, resigned a few hours after a ...

North Korea on Thursday confirmed its first-ever case of Covid-19, with state media calling it a ‘severe national emergency incident’ after more than two years of keeping the pandemic at bay. State-run KCNA news agency said samples taken from patients ...

  The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has given the Nigerian government a 21-day ultimatum to address the union’s demands, else it will embark on industrial action. This is contained in a statement signed by the union’s president ...

    The Edo State Police Command has said it has arrested a criminal gang that specialises in robbing graveyards and using body parts for rituals, while six kidnappers were killed in a gun duel. The Edo State Police Spokesman, ...

The Federal Government has directed serving ministers in the cabinet, heads of government agencies, ambassadors and other political appointees with political ambitions in 2023 to resign from the government. The circular, dated May 11, 2022 with Ref. No.SGF/OP/l/S.3/Xll/173, was issued ...

  Former President Goodluck Jonathan has decided to run for president in 2023, barely 48 hours after disowning a nomination form procured for him by a northern group. Mr Jonathan had on May 9 rejected presidential expression of interest and ...

After successfully raising about N83 million from Nigerians, Adamu Garba has reportedly withdrawn from the presidential race scheduled for next year. According to Peoples Gazette, Mr Garba said that even though he had withdrawn from the exercise, it won’t be the ...

  According to a police officer, Olusegun Bamidele who testified at the Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square on Tuesday, the cloth worn by Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the death of SUPERTV Ceo, Usifo Ataga ...

53-year-old Christopher Cox who made a homeless woman sleep with him in return for a room is now the first person in England and Wales to be jailed for ‘sex for rent’ offences. The landlord reportedly told women to wear ...

  Many guests at a hotel in Lagos state have reportedly been left with serious injuries after armed robbers invaded the establishment. According to reports, the robbers posed as operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) to attack ...

Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajuiba, has resigned from his position ahead of the APC presidential primaries.   His resignation was announced during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday May 11.   President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered ...

According to a story shared by @tejumola_ on Twitter, the mother allegedly opted to bleach her baby’s skin because she is darker-skinned than her siblings. The innocent youngster is now dangerously ill and on the verge of death, according to ...

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has vowed to join the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, if the federal government fails to address issues raised by the union and put an end to their ...

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has said he agrees with Elon Musk’s decision to reverse a ban on Donald Trump on the platform – despite Dorsey being CEO when the decision was made. Musk, who is in the process of completing ...

The ninth prosecution witness, DSP Olusegun Bamidele, in the ongoing trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged murder suspect of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, yesterday, told the court how investigations revealed where the late Ataga and ...

    A gateman with Mabila Hotel in Ikorodu, Lagos State, was killed in the early hours of Wednesday by some gunmen who robbed some officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board that lodged there. The Police spokesman for ...

Amidst lingering queues at filling stations in some locations in Abuja yesterday, there are indications that a major fuel scarcity may hit the country soon. Giving this hint yesterday, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, however, maintained that ...

No fewer than six soldiers of the 93 battalion, Takun were on Tuesday killed when suspected terrorists/bandits ambushed a convoy carrying the Commanding Officer of the Battalion while on his way to Jalingo. The ambush attacked was said to have ...